Changheba Dam

Changheba Dam
Location of Changheba Dam in China
Country China
Location Kangding, Sichuan Province
Coordinates 30°24′13″N 102°07′07″E / 30.40361°N 102.11861°E / 30.40361; 102.11861Coordinates: 30°24′13″N 102°07′07″E / 30.40361°N 102.11861°E / 30.40361; 102.11861
Status Operational
Construction began 2006
Opening date 2017
Construction cost $3.46 billion USD
Owner(s) Sichuan Datang International Ganzi Hydropower Development Company
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Embankment, concrete face rock-fill
Impounds Dadu River
Height 240 m (787 ft)
Length 1,697 m (5,568 ft)
Reservoir
Creates Changheba Reservoir
Total capacity 1,075,000,000 m3 (871,517 acre⋅ft)
Power Station
Commission date 2016-2017
Turbines 4 x 650 MW Francis turbines
Installed capacity 2,600 MW

The Changheba Dam (Chinese: 长河坝水电站) is a concrete face rock-fill embankment dam on the Dadu River near Kangding in Sichuan Province, China. Initial construction on the dam began in 2006, it was officially approved in December 2010, impounded in 2016 and its power station was fully operational on 1 December 2017.[1][2][3] In July 2009, a landslide at the construction site killed four people while causing damage and temporarily blocking the river.[4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Changheba Hydropower Approved". Breakbulk. 2010-11-18. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
  2. ↑ "China's largest Hydropower installed Capacity Dams". Chinese National Committee on Large Dams. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
  3. ↑ "Changheba hydropower station all put into operation" (in Chinese). Power China. 4 December 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "WORLD BRIEFING | ASIA; China: 4 Die as Landslide Destroys Dam Project". New York Times through Reuters. July 24, 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
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